From a Housewife to a “Woman-Goddess”? Women Circles and a (Non)Transgression of the Gender Order

ONDRAŠINOVÁ, Michaela. From a Housewife to a “Woman-Goddess”? Women Circles and a (Non)Transgression of the Gender Order. In Consciously Illicit: Transgression in Western Esotericism, Brno, 6.-7. června 2018. 2018.

Základní údaje

• Originální název: From a Housewife to a “Woman-Goddess”? Women Circles and a (Non)Transgression of the Gender Order
• Autoři: ONDRAŠINOVÁ, Michaela.
• Vydání: Consciously Illicit: Transgression in Western Esotericism, Brno, 6.-7. června 2018, 2018.

Další údaje

• Originální jazyk: angličtina
• Typ výsledku: Prezentace na konferencích
• Obor: 60304 Religious studies
• Stát vydavatele: Česká republika
• Utajení: není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
• WWW: URL
• Organizační jednotka: Filozofická fakulta
• Klíčová slova anglicky: alternative spirituality; gender; transgression of gender order; women circles

Anotace

The presentation discussed a connection between certain currents of contemporary alternative spirituality (more specifically, women spirituality) and transgression of the social/gender boundaries. As a basis for my discussion, the ethnographic data from Czech women circles were used. In this field, it was possible to encounter the elements of the spiritual discourse such as looking for a “natural” or “awakened” femininity, a criticism of “patriarchal” society or concepts of a “woman-Goddess” and “divine femininity”. I showed that these concepts – although bearing a potential to lead to the disruptions in the established gender order – can be used in a way that rather contributes to a consolidation of this order. In this sense, my contribution can be related to the assertion made by Anna Fedele and Kim Knibbe (2013) that it is necessary to critically examine the claims of contemporary spiritualities about the emancipatory or liberating nature of their practices.